The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-11
Spies, Parsons, Engel, and Fisch-
or Must Die To-day.
oeLESBY SEALS THEIR FATE
Fielder and Schwab Consigned
to Life Imprisonment
LNGGs TERRIBLE SUICIDE.
He Dies in Agony Six Hours After Ex-
ploding a Bomb in his Mouth.

he DIES IN Agony six Hours AFTER tx
ploding a Bomb in his Mouth.
To Dssasa A1sn Hear the News with
Csnpesure-Their Last Ahectins inter-
views with their Loved Ones-AIrs. Par
ssns Paints when Told Late mt Night she
Cannot See her Husband Asain-Erecting
tho Gallews-Gsv. ORiesby's Reasons for
his Aetien-LinsE's Terrible sunerinns
for Six Hours before Death Relieves him
Nina Van Zaadt's Great Grier-The
city Wsra Out with Anxiety and Excite
neut-Carefui Preparations Made to Pro-
servo tho Peace-ssldiers Under Arms.
CHICAGO. Nov. 10.-Lingg in heaven, or
elsewhere, Fielden and Schwab In Joliet prison,
and the four others pacing their cells In antici-
patton OF to-morrow's moose. 30 stands the
record Of tonight. Louis LinRg is dead.
There L. no doubt about that to begin with.
He has kent his word and has not only saved
his own neck, but has put the Sheriff, the jailer.
the Governor, and everybody else into q bad
hole It was bad enough to look ahead to Sun
day. ss all wise men do. as the great day In this
unprecedented drama, because. assuming that
an execution will take place-and the reception
Just now Of card from the Sheriff admitting
mo 70 the jail Ito witness the execution at 10
l. L.. Nov. H." would seem to indicate there is
TO be-there must be something done with the
bodies: and tho law, as It is interpreted to-day,
gives the bodice to the families or friends OF the
dead. That means big funeral, tremen-
dous demonstration. and, everything that can
b done within the limits Of the law.
Oh. what day this has beenl Horrors upon
horrors; mutilation In cell; suicide in
the jail yard: CONSERVATION on the street and
Doom telegraphed from the capital-with
these factors in your mind. 1t will not trouble
tou much to fashion the situation as It exists
here tonight The air is full OF subtle some
Ching which finds its way into every lung and
Dtlrs the least sensitive heart.
II won't die on the scanold." said Lingg ten
days ago. II hate and defy you all. said Lingg
b week ago II approach my last moment
.cheerfully but will not 60 alone" said Linge
not forty-eight hours ago Stripped to the buff
he had been searched time and again. changed
nom cen % c61L his clothing taken and Other
garments put on him. He nevertheless. in
some way. managed to Conceal about his per-
son. probably and not improbably, among his
bushy hair enough Illuminating mercury or
dynamite to blow up the entire jail II 1t had 30
pleased him.
1t excites no surprise when mad bull. rush.
ing through our streets, frightening inhRbi-
tsnts and overturning distractions, finally
dashes with hesdlQpg speed against lamp
post to his death. Why. then, should 1t excite
surprise that this man. with his bad eye and
his evil expression, after years Of Internal
utilization Of his undoubted intellect. after
showing to what length he was willing to go
whom he manufactured and delivered the Hay
m rka at hnnnh affA ia INN ofo nd
his contemptuous defiance, and his violent
prating day and night. should. in the end like
any other Infatuated beast, regard his own de-
struotion with calmness. II not with pleasure?
THE TERROR L1Naa's BOMB INSPIRED
Unhappily for him his suicidal purpose fell
short Of the ultimate. He did his worst and
failed. Bang! sounded report at $3.50 A. NJ
which echoed from wall to wall. followed by a
tremendous cloud Of blush smoke The
thirty-day prisoners huddled together as one
might imagine on the last great day the ignor-
ant Of earth will seek In bands to avoid the on
coming OF the great upheaval. Terror
blanohed their faces, and added apprehension
came from what they saw In each others eyes,
The jailers started to their feet. and, as In tho
olden times, mon. reused from slumber from
the rumbling Of the earthquake sought places
Of refuge. ran quickly into the open space, ap-
prehensive Of the falling Of the walls and the
grand descent Of the heavy roof
Tho condemned Anarchists. reading writ
ing, smoking or whatever, In their respective
cells, were transfxed with apprehension.
wondering what next No walls fell In, no roof
came down. The smoke was quickly dispelled,
and then, rushing In a body to the cell, the
keepers found. prone upon his bed. blood flow
Ing In torrent from his shattered face, the
mutilated, manRled body Of the most defiant
Of the gang.
LINGO PAID DEARLY FOR HIS CRIME
Poor fellowi Yes. poor fellow, indesdl for
while he succeeded In eluding the disgrace OF
the hangman,s moose. the ignominy OF public
execuion-a dreaded reputation which would
have followed him for all time among his kins-
men and his friends. he paid more dearly for
his crime. Writhing in pain, unable then and
forever more to speak. with blood gushing
from his lungs. through the oriace in his throat,
his lower jaw gone, his eyes hanging on his
cheeks. as those OF men strangled on the gal
lows after hanging, utterly unconscious. and
breathing 30 slightly that first he was deemed
70 DO dead. was this extraordinary combina-
ton OF self-conceit. mental stubbornness. and
expert intelligence.
THE WEAPON HE USED.
Imagine two cylindrical pens filed with full
minating mercury. closed at one end. holding
short fuse at the other end. This, 1t is sup
posed was put by Lingg into his mouth. the
fuse lighted by candle. Quickly burning. the
fuse communicated with the deadly explosive.
and tho end came. Had the shell been pushed
turther into HIS mouth or had he inserted II
into his nostrll. his head would have been
blown to pieces. As It was, the supposItion is
that the heat was so intense that he could put
iha akxlI IGkkl
and the explosion was downward rather than
upward. because the tissues OF the throat, tho
neck. and the front Of the Jaw were entirely torn
away. and tho terrific explosion seriously dam
aged the organs OF respiration. breaking. II
not entirely destroying, the tissue OF lungs and
adjacent parts.
He presented sight which words fail to pic.
tuFe. No ono was permitted near him except
ina doctors aud u few of US who CHANGED to be
IN the jail in the neiGhborhood OF o o'clock.
AutilAtion is the nearest word that approaches
the deAcriDtion of the NOR faIlow'a face Hia